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Online Legal Documents are Deficient
A recent article in Consumers Reports featured a blind test of online legal documents by three law school professors. Their conclusion: Using any of…
IRS Offers Tips for Protecting Documents from Disaster
Here in North Carolina we know all to well that disasters can strike at any time. In this YouTube video, the IRS provides…
Organ Donation in North Carolina
Do you want to be an organ donor? Do you know how to become one? There are three ways to become a…
No more “Do-Over” Strategy for Social Security Retirement Benefits
On December 8, 2010, the Social Security Administration published a new rule eliminating the “do-over” strategy some retirees were using to boost…
Is LegalZoom Selling Your Personal Information?
The Attorney General of Washington instituted an investigation of LegalZoom for the unauthorized practice of law and the release of personal and financial…
Gregory Herman-Giddens, JD, LLM, TEP, CFP
Specializing in Wealth Planning, Protection and Management, Gregory Herman-Giddens, JD, LLM, TEP, CFP and the team at TrustCounsel have the knowledge and experience to…
Kristin L. Burrows
Kristin L. Burrows focuses her practice on helping the aged and disabled and their families. This area of law is known as…
Don’t Expect COLA Increases in Your Social Security Payments
According to the Social Security fund trustees, cost of living adjustments (COLAs) in Social Security payments are unlikely in 2010 and 2011. COLAs…
Diposition of Cremated Remains in NC
Cremation is an increasing common way of handling human remains. While cremated remains are sometimes buried, there is often a desire on…
Saying a Final Goodbye to a Friend
This posting is not about estate planning per se, but rather death, which everyone must contemplate in the course of planning his…
